Spanish Records from the Mississippi Department of Archives


 

 AMERICANS ARRIVING in SPANISH-HELD NATCHEZ 1788-1790

*These reports were written by a Spanish officer, Carlos de Grand Pre to Governor Estevan Miro; therefore many of the names are in SPANISH or a PHONETIC attempt to convert the name to Spanish.  Some are in English.  The term “settler” means those with intent to settle the district. In 1788, a royal order encouraged American immigration and trade, and colonist began arriving in larger numbers than ever before.  Few of these arrived via the land route, however;  most arrived on flatboats, coming down the Mississippi.  The majority came from Kentucky. Many settled in what would become Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson and Wilkinson counties. List taken from records in the MS Dept. of Archives and History, Jackson MS.  

EXPLANATION OF NUMBERS: 

NAME-TOTAL COUNT  (MEN-WOMEN-CHILDREN)

 

JULY 5, 1788

Arriving from DISTRICT of KENTUCKY

BUCHANAN, JAMES   2  (1-1-0)

PROCTOR, RUBIN  5  (1-1-3)

GLASACOCK, JAIME  6  (1-0-5)

TAYLOR, ISAAC  8  (1-1-6)

MARBLE, ABNER  13  (1-1-11)

RICHARD, ESTEVAN  3  (1-1-1)

PATON, ROBERTO  1

EASMAN, ABEMESER  1

BROCTOR, JUAN  1

CHAMBER, JUAN  1

CHAMBER, SILAS  1

CHAMBER, JOSEPH  1

DAVIS, JUAN  1

GUYLE, JUAN  1

SHORT, JUAN  1

PYAT, JACOBO  1

 

JULY 5,1788

Arriving from STATE of VIRGINIA

BRUIN, PEDRO  5  (1-1-3)

WOOLLEY, MELIN  1

HUMPHRIS, MS.  7  (0-1-6)

TURNEY, JUAN  2  (1-1-0)

NEWMAN, BENJAMIN  7  (1-1-5)

DAYTON, ABNER  1

CHAFEY, ABNER  1

 

JULY 5, 1788

Arriving from 

DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE/CUMBERLAND

 

COOK, JORGE  3  (1-1-1)

DRACK, BENJAMIN 2 (1-1-0)

GASKINS, JUAN  5  (1-1-3)

BEHR, THOMAS  4  (1-1-2)

HARDIGILL, DANIEL  5  (1-1-3)

FREMTHAM, MARTIN  5  (1-1-3)

SPAWLINS, JAMES  3  (1-1-1)

SCOGINGS, MADAME  4  (0-1-3)

PIAT, JACOBO  3  (1-1-1)

ORMSBY, JUAN  1

CRETO, ROBERTO  1

MARNEY, JUAN  1

STRICKLING, DANIEL 1

FLECHER, BENJAMIN  1

SNEED, TOMAS  1

MCDUGAL, GUILLERMO  1

PYNN, JAYME  1

MCGUNE, HUGH  1

WEST, JUAN  1

GREEN, ENRIQUE  1

 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from FORT PITT/PITTSBURG

COCHRAN, ROBERTO  1

LAND, JUAN  1

LIVEING, LOUIS  1

BONNEY, HUGH  1

HOLSTON, GEORGE  1

DULS, HENRY 1

 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from CUMBERLAND/TENNESSEE

RUNDELL, JOSIAH

MCGOUBIK, RUBIN

RUNDELL, SETH

HAYWARD, JOUCHA

ELBERINGTON, JOHN

 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from CONNECTICUT

SELDON, GEORGE

 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from KENTUCKY

RUD, THOMAS

BECKLY, ADAM

HAMLET, JOHN

 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from  PENNSYLVANIA

WALHER, ANDREW

 

DECEMBER 31, 1788

Arriving from the Chacta (CHOCTAW NATION)

BASSETT, WILLIAM  6 (1-1-4)

MILLER, WILLIAM  3  (1-1-1)

FOOY, BENJAMIN  4  (1-1-2)

 

FLATBOATS ARRIVING IN NATCHEZ -

OWNER, EMPLOYEES, AND/OR SETTLERS

ACCORDING TO LETTERS FROM CARLOS

DE GRAND PRE  TO GOVERNOR MIRO

 

FEBRUARY 23, 1790

Arriving from KENTUCKY 

LEE, MARK, owner with two flatboats

Employees:

BOCOM, RAMON

FRYEL, ROBERT

BOCOMAN, LEONARD

GIFFORD, WILLIAM

NUOY, JOHN

LEE, JOHN

WAZIAM, JOHN

HARRISON, JOHN

CATHORS, EDWARD, owner with one flatboat

Employees:

WILSON, ISRAEL

GOLLCHER, PATRICK

BROCON, JOHN

HATER, JOHN

MCGALLIHAN,---- with five children

THOMAS, PHILEMON, owner with two flatboats

Employees:

THOMAS, RICHARD

SMITH, CARLOS

MOONEY, SAMUEL

GRIFFON, FRANCIS

CARMACK, JOHN

MOORE, JOHN

MORELY, FLORANCE

 

FEBRUARY 23, 1790

Arriving overland from SOUTH CAROLINA

 GRUBB, BENJAMIN

with wife, 1 daughter, 5 Negroes and 1 Negress

 

MARCH 12, 1790

Arriving from SOUTH CAROLINA

WILLIAMS, JUAN, owner with 25 Negroes, to settle

TENDSLEY, PRESTON, with 7 Negroes, to settle

 

APRIL 19, 1790

Arriving from KENTUCKY with 5 flatboats

GUILLERMO, HARMON, owner

Settlers:

DAVIS, JOHN

FOLBERT, EDMUND

BOARD, PHILLIP

ARMESTRONG, WILLIAM

HALL, WILLIAM

ROBERTS, ANTHONY ,

with wife, son and daughter

O’FINNEY, HUGH 

with wife, son and 3 daughters

 

APRIL 20, 1790

Arriving from KENTUCKY with flatboat

MCGANEY, HUGH,  owner and settler

WHITSEL, LEWIS, settler

 

APRIL 22, 1790

Arriving from PENNSYLVANIA ,

brought by EZEKIEL FORMAN  all to settle:

FORMAN, EZEKIEL

with wife, son, and three daughters

Passengers:

OMUND, EBENEZER

CHACACH, ELIZABETH

Employees:

HARLTOCK, CHRISTIAN

ROBENS, GEORGE

OCONOR, GUILLERMO

 

APRIL 22, 1790

Flatboat arriving from VIRGINIA

SHARKEY, PARTICK

Settlers:

HENDERSON, JAMES

STOGAN, JOHN

SMITH, THOMAS

MCELWEE, THOMAS

JOHNSON, EDMUND with family of 5 and 3 Negroes

THUNS, BERRY  with family of four

ROBERTS, JOHN with family of three

DANIEL, THOMAS

SULBAN, THOMAS

 

APRIL 23, 1790

Flatboat arriving from KENTUCKY

COWA-, JOHN, owner and settler

Employees and to settle:

YOUNGE, PETER

GRAHAM, JAMES

 

APRIL 23, 1790

Arriving by  two berchas and

one flatboat from KENTUCKY

First bercha, all to settle:

BIERALTER, GEORGE with wife and 2 sons

Employees:

JONES, CHARLES with wife and 2 sons

ROADS, JACOB

WALKER, GEORGE

WALKER, JOSEPH

EVANS, LUIS

STEWART, JAMES

SLONE, AUTHUR

SLONE, JOSEPH

ENRUFTY, JOHN

WILLSON, MICHAEL

Second bercha , all to settle:

LUSK, JAMES, with wife and 2 sons

JONES, FRANCIS

Flatboat:

GRANT, WILLIAM JOHN, owner, returning,

cargo included 8 casks of tobacco for

PILMAN, BUCKNER,

an inhabitant of the Natchez District

 

APRIL 29, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from KENTUCKY

COBURN, JOHN , returning to home

Employee:

TODD, CHARLES, remaining to settle

 

APRIL 30, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from PENNSYLVANIA

FOWLER, ALEXANDER, owner and settler

Employees to settle:

MURENS, FREDERICK

MCDERMOT, THOMAS

HOUSE, CASPER

TYLAR, DANIEL JOSEPH

GREY, JAMES

 

APRIL 30, 1790

Flatboat arriving from PENNSYLVANIA

PERRY, JUAN, owner

Settlers:

BRON, JAMES

WOLF, GEORGE

BESHIP, GUILLERMO

 

MAY 4, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from KENTUCKY,

employees returning

FRENCH, HENRY, owner and to settle

PATERSON, JOHN, owner and to settle

 

MAY 8, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from PENNSYLVANIA

with people and goods and brothers of

the Adjutant Major of Natchez,

DON ESTEVAN MINOR,

employees on boat returning

MINOR, WILLIAM, owner and to settle

MINOR, THEOPHILUS, owner and to settle

 

MAY 15, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from PENNSYLVANIA

CHAMBERS, WILLIAM, owner and to settle

 

MAY 16, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from PENNSYLVANIA

TATE, JOHN, owner

JACOBS, MIGUEL

SHERY, JOSEPH

 

MAY 16, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from NORTH AMERICA

MARSHALL, GEORGE,

owner of both boats and returning

First flatboat, employees to settle:

DARLINGTON, ABRAM

CARTER, FRIEND

ARMSTRONG, JOHN

LAWSON, AARON

MAJOR, WILLIAM

FRUVIN, ADAM

SCRIBERS, STEPHEN

SCRIBER, ABRAM

Passenger to settle:

BROUNGH, RICHARD

Second flatboat in charge of

WILLIAM THOMSON, returning

Settlers:

DEPOS, CHARLES

MORRIS, ISAAC

COLLEK, JUAN

MORROW, MARTIN

FRAZER, GEORGE

MCMULLIR, CARLOS

 

MAY 17, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from KENTUCKY

GORDON, ROBERTO, owner and settler

Settlers:

SMITH, GODFRAY

HOVER, JACOBO

ROS, ROBERTO

 

MAY 17, 1790

Arriving by flatboat from KENTUCKY

BOYLE, JUAN , owner

MATUES, Hugh

 

MAY 23, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from KENTUCKY

First flatboat with all to settle:

EWING, CARLOS, owner

Employees and passengers:

BRODER,--

ROBEL, LEONARD

Second flatboat, owner to return

OCONER, SANTIAGO to settle

 

JUNE 3, 1790

Report of family which

EPHRAIN HUBBARD  brought from VIRGINIA

Settlers:

HUBBARD, EPHRAIN and wife and 9 children,

10 Negroes, and plantation tools

 

JUNE 7, 1790

Arriving by 2 flatboats from FORT PITT/PITTSBURG

Settlers:

FIELDS, DANIEL

FIELDS, FELIPE

TOMAS, JUAN  with wife and 1 son

SMITH, CHRISTOPHER

LYON, MATHEW

JACOBO, GEORGES

 

JUNE 22, 1790

Arriving by 6 flatboats from the UNITED STATES

 

First flatboat,  the NANCY, from OHIO

FORMAN, SAMUEL, owner and settler

FORMAN, EZEK, resident of Natchez District

 

Other flatboats all from KENTUCKY

 

Second boat, owner and one passenger returning

Settlers:

MITCHEL, WILLIAM

GOLL, JACOBO

MCKEY, JUAN

 

Third boat

WINTERS, ELISHA, owner and settler

 

Fourth boat, owner returning

Settlers:

BUSHNELL, EUSEBIO

GUILLION, JOHN

Fifth and sixth boats,

consigned to OLIVER POLLOCK

SHIPMAN, STEPHEN , to settle

 

JUNE 28, 1790

Arriving  by flatboat from KENTUCKY

Settlers:

BEARE, WALTER

TERRY, JAMES with wife and 5 children

HUFFMAN, JACOBO with wife and three children

 submitted by Sue Moore sbmoore@swbell.net 

 

EARLY MISSISSIPPIANS IN SPANISH NATCHEZ

 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION for 1945. Part II  This report contains translations of materials from the Spanish Archives now in the Bancroft Library at Berkley, all concerned with Spain in the MS Valley, 1765-1794.

 

A letter from Carlos de Grand Pre, Natchez, March 2, 1790, to Governor Don Estavan Miro, enclosed statement of tobacco produced by growers of Natchez, according to the settlers own statements, in 1790. The name of each planter is listed with number of pounds of tobacco reported.  The spelling of names is often SPANISH or a PHONETIC spelling of the same.

 

 

Planter#s of Tobacco
-------, WILEY  1500
ABRAMS, ROBERT  3400
ALEXANDER, ISAAC  3400
ALSTON, JAMES  1000
ALSTON, JOHN  11000
ALSTON, LEWIS 13000
ALSTON, WILLIAM  3000
AMBROSE, STEPHEN 2,000
ANDERSON  ?
AMSTRAD, JOHN 1200
ARMSTRONG, MOSES  300
BACON, RICHARD  2000
BALLACK, BENJAMIN  1600
BALLOU  5600
BANNER, JAMES 3600
BARNARD, JOSEPH  8000
BATES, EPHRAIM 4000
BEALL, ALEXANDER  5000
BELEY, GEORGE  100
BELL, SAMUEL  6000
BELL, WILLIAM  1000
BELTH, BENJAMIN,  4000
BENGEMAM, ADAM  45000
BENNELL, ELIAS   2100
BENOIST, GABRIEL  3222
BINGEMAN, CHRISTOPHER  1500
BISLAND, JOHN 2100
BONNER, MOSES  SENIOR6000
BONNER, MOSES, JR.  6500
BOOTHE, JOHN 500
BOULS, JOHN  9100
BRANNON, GIRED  12000
BROCUS, WILLIAM  8000
BROWN, OBAJIAH  3800
BRUIN, PETER B.  7000
BULLEN, JOHN  2000
BURNET, JOHN  5000
CABLE, JACOB 6300
CALVERT, THOMAS  7000
CALVET, FREDERICK  10100
CALVIT, WILLIAM  10000
CARIDENE, PARKER  14000
CARPENTER, MARY   2100
CARTER, JESSE  9500
CARTER, NEHEMIAH  5100
CARTER, ROBERT  900
CASON, CHARLES 4600
CAVREY, JOHN  8200
CHAMBERS, DANIEL  1000
CHERBENAUX, LOUIS  700
--CKEY  4,100
CLARK, DANIEL  20000
CLARK, GIBSON  7000
COARTNEY, JOHN  300
COBB, ARTHUR  3800
COBURN,  5000
COLE, JAMES  2900
COLE, JAMES, SR.  5000
COLE, MARK  2500
COLE, STEPHEN  1200
COLEMAN, JEREMIAH  2300
COLEMAN, JOHN 0
COLEMAN, WILLIAM  300
COLLENS, WILLIAM 6800
COOPER, HENRY  6000
COOPER, SAMUEL  3600
COOPER, WILLIAM  11600
CRANE, WALTERMAN  4000
CURTES, BENJAMIN  1500
CURTES, RICHARD  1000
CURTES, WILLIAM  6100
DALVA, STEPHEN   1300
DAVIS, ELISHA  -,600
DAVIS, HUGH &LAN--  -,600
DAVIS, SAMUEL  1000
DAW, SEBASTION  2000
DAYTON, , EBENEZER   200
DOVE, MISTRESS  400
DUNBAR, ROBERT  11000
DUNBAR, WILLIAM  18200
DYSON, JOHN  1600
DYSON, JOSEPH  1100
DYSON, THOMAS  1000
ELLIOT, JAMES  4000
ELLIS, ABRAHAM  16000
ELLIS, HERDE  3000
ELLIS, JOHN  18100
ELLIS, RICHARD  15500
ESSER, THOMAS  1000
FABER, WILLIAM  2300
FANOU, ALEXANDER  1400
FARBANKS, WILLIAM  2000
FERGUSON,   2000
FERMONT, GEORGE  - 
FIFE, YSAAC  1300
FITZGERALD, GEORGE  12000
FLETCHER, WILLIAM  700
FLOWERS, DOCTOR  12000
FLOWERS, ELISHA 4000
FORD, JOHN  5400
FORD, JOSEPH  4500
FORD, ROBERT  8000
FOSTER, JAMES  5000
FOSTER, JOHN  2000
FOSTER, THOMAS  8000
FOSTER, WILLIAM   6000
FOYE, BENJAMIN  1000
GIBSON, GABRIEL  4000
GIBSON, RUBEN  3345
GIBSON, SAMUEL  10000
GILLAIRD, MISTRESS  12800
GILLEARD, ISAAC  10000
GLASCOCK, M.  3100
GOADEVIN, MISTRESS  2300
GRAFTON, DANIEL  11000
GRAY, RUFFIN  2800
GREEN, ABNER  9000
GREEN, HENRY  17000
GREEN, JOSEPH  1000
GREEN, THOMAS  23000
GRIFFEN, GABRIEL  10000
GRIFFEN,    3000
HAMBORLIN, WILLIAM  5000
HAMILTON, JESSE  7500
HANDERSON, WILLIAM  8000
HARMAN, EZEKIEL  4100
HARMAN, JOHN  3100
HARRISON, JOHN  1200
HARRISON, RICHARD  21000
HARTON, ABRAHAM  2000
HAY, JAMES  4000
HAYS, JAMES   3000
HEARTLY, JOHN  7000
HENDERSON, ALEXANDER  2000
HERK, JAMES 8800
HIGDON, JEPTHA  10000
HIGDON, MARY  2000
HOBLARD, THOMAS  1200
HOLMES, BENJAMIN  7700
HOLMES, JOSEPH 6500
HOLT, DAVID  9000
HOLT, JOHN  4000
HOSTON, ABRAM  8000
HOUVARD, JOSHUA  5000
HOWIE, WILLIAM  500
HUMPHRES, RALPH  6000
HUMPHRIES, JUSTES  1100
HUTCHENS, ANTHONY  22000
IRIVIN, JAMES   5600
ISINHOOD, BARNEY  2000
JACOBS, HENRY  1200
JOHNSON, YSAAC  7100
JONES, DAVID  400
JONES, JOHN 2400
JORDEN, THOMAS 6000
KILLION, GEORGE  3000
KING, CABEL  2000
KING, CALEB  10000
KING, JUSTIN  10000
KING, RICHARD, 10000
LAMBERT, DAVID  2000
LEAPHART, JACOB  2000
LEE, WILLIAM  4000
LENHART, ADAM  6000
LINCTOT, BERNARD  10000
LOVELAS, EDIARD  --00
LOVELAS, THOMAS 1000
LUM, WILLIAM  6000
LUSK, JOHN  1000
MADDIN, MANUEL  3000
MANADAU, HENRY 7000
MARBLE, EZRA  4000
MARLIN, JOHN   11000
MCCABE, EDUARD  3000
MCINTOSH, JAMES  12200
MCINTOSH, WILLIAM  5600
MELLER, WILLIAM  100
MENOR, JOHN   12000
MILLER, ARCHD.  3400
MITCHELL, DAVID  4800
MORGAN, THOMAS 3600
MULKEY, DAVID  500
NELSON, PETER  2400
NICHOLSON, KA..ES  2,200
NUTON, JOHN 2000
ODAM, DAVID  5000
ODAM, JOHN  1500
OGDON, DANIEL  1000
OGLESBY, JAMES, 3400
OUITT, EZEKIEL  4000
OWENS, WILLIAM  3000
PALMER, --RCH  3700
PARKINS, JONATHAN  1000
PERDY, CHARLES  -,000
PERHINS, JOSEPH  5000
PERRY, DANIEL  4000
PHIPPS, SAMUEL  400
PIPES, WINSOR  4000
PLANNER, HENRY  3000
PRUETT, BEARLIE  4000
RALEY, CADER  3000
RANER, SAMUEL  1500
RATLESS, WILLIAM  7000
RATLIFF, JOHN  9700
RICHARDSON, HENRY  6000
RICHARDSON, JEORGE  1000
ROACH, HENRY    200
ROBB, NICHOLAS  2800
ROU, MISTRESS 1000
RUMSEY, JEAN  8000
RUSSELL, WILLIAM  3800
RYON, WILLIAM   2300
SALVERS, JOHN  3000
SARGET, CHARLES  6500
SAVAGE, MISTRESS 6000
SCOTT, WILLIAM 2800
SHELLING, JACOB   500
SHILLENG, BOLSER  3000
SHORT, WILLIAM  --00
SHUNK, JOHN  10000
SIMMONS, CHARLES  7000
SINCLAIR, GASPER  3800
SMILEY, THOMAS  2300
SMITH ZACHEREAH  9500
SMITH, DAVID  1000
SMITH, EBENEZER  5000
SMITH, JOHN  12000
SMITH, PHEL  1500
SMITH, PHELLINDER 11000
SMITH, WILLIAM  2000
SMITH, WILLIAM  9000
SPAIN, FRANCIS  3100
SPALDEN,   200
STAMPLY, GEORGE  600
STAMPLY. JOHN  3000
STAYBREAKER, JOHN   1600
STEPHENSON, SAMUEL   1000
STEVENSON, STEPHEN  1000
SWEEZE, GABRIEL  2,000
SWEEZE, NATHEN  8500
SWEEZE, SAMUEL   1200
SWEEZY, RICHARD  4700
TAMBLESTON, NATHAN  2000
TERRY, JOHN  11300
THOMAS, WILLIAM  2500
TOOL, PATRICK  1000
TRAVELLION, RICHARD  6000
TREVEN, WILLIAM  6300
TRIVEN, WILLIAM  5000
TRULEY, JAMES  9000
TURNEY, MATHEU  1100
--UMMENS, THOMAS  4,800
VOSS, THOMAS  2000
WADE, JAMES 4000
WELKS, WILLIAM    7300
WEST, CATO 11000
WHETEKER, DANIEL  1000
WHITE, MATHEU  18600
WILLIAMS, DAVID  50000

Submitted by Sue Moore sbmoore@swbell.net


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